A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC The body divided into three deep lobes set above hollow tapering legs, and flat-cast with unusual buffalo masks incorporating bands of vertically arranged quills below elongated eyes and pronounced horns cast in relief, each mask centered by a hooked flange, all within double bow-string borders, with a pair of bail handles rising from the rim, with mottled grey and milky-green patina 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high, box
A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
A VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC The body divided into three deep lobes set above hollow tapering legs, and flat-cast with unusual buffalo masks incorporating bands of vertically arranged quills below elongated eyes and pronounced horns cast in relief, each mask centered by a hooked flange, all within double bow-string borders, with a pair of bail handles rising from the rim, with mottled grey and milky-green patina 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high, box
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